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SCA: security update for path-sanitizer (GHSA-94p5-r7cc-3rpr)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434422

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - path-sanitizer is a simple lightweight npm package for sanitizing paths to prevent Path Traversal. Prior
 to 3.1.0, the filters can be bypassed using .=%5c which results in a path traversal. This vulnerability is
 fixed in 3.1.0. (CVE-2024-56198)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94p5-r7cc-3rpr

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434422

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56198

cwe: CWE-22